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Impact of piracy on Somalia: Society, economy, and state building
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Somali pirates have hijacked more than 270 ships and attacked over 1,100 vessels from 1995 to 2014 (IMB, 2014). Reports by the International Maritime Bureau estimate that more than 3,700 crew members have been held hostage ...
Scalable synthesis of mesoporous titania microspheres via spray-drying method
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Academic Press Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
Mesoporous TiO2 has several potential applications due to its unique electronic and optical properties, although its structures and morphologies are typically difficult to tune because of its uncontrollable and fast sol-gel ...
Estimating the production and mortality of fine roots using minirhizotrons in a Pinus densiflora forest in Gwangneung, Korea
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Northeast Forestry University
, 2016 , Article)
The aim of this study was to estimate fine root production (FP) and fine root mortality (FM) at 0–10, 10–20, and 20–30 cm soil depths using minirhizotrons in a 75-year-old Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. forest located in ...
A Micelle Fusion-Aggregation Assembly Approach to Mesoporous Carbon Materials with Rich Active Sites for Ultrasensitive Ammonia Sensing
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American Chemical Society
, 2016 , Article)
Nanostructured carbon materials have received considerable attention due to their special physicochemical properties. Herein, ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) with two-dimension (2D) hexagonal mesostructure and unique ...
Estimation procedures based on preliminary test in exponential distribution under progressive censoring
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
This paper considers the preliminary test estimator of the unknown parameter of the exponential distribution based on progressively Type-II censored samples. The mean squared error of the proposed estimator is derived and ...
Weak and strong convergence theorems for generalized nonexpansive mappings
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Universitatii Al.I.Cuza din Iasi
, 2016 , Article)
We consider a class of generalized nonexpansive mappings introduced by Karapinar and seen as a generalization of Suzuki (C)-condition. We prove some weak and strong convergence theorems for approximating fixed points of ...
Tobacco Use and Its Health Effects among Professional Athletes in Qatar
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Hindawi Limited
, 2016 , Article)
The objective of the study was to determine the effects of tobacco use on selected markers of health and lung function in professional
athletes. A total of 108 male professional athletes participated in the study from ten ...
Stagnation point flow study with water based nanoparticles aggregation over a stretching sheet: numerical solution
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American Scientific Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
Intention of the current study is to examined the two dimensional stagnation point flow of waterbased nanofluid towards a stretching sheet. To simplify the problem similarity transformations are smearing on basic boundary ...
Habitat-specific benthic metabolism in a Mediterranean-type intermittent stream
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EDP Sciences
, 2016 , Article)
A modified flow-through chamber method was used to measure gross primary production (GPP), net primary production (NPP), community respiration (CR) and associated environmental variables in an intermittent Mediterranean-type ...
The Arab uprisings and the united states: The dichotomy between balancing stability and upholding commitment to democracy
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2016 , Article)
The Arab Spring, a revolutionary movement for democracy that swept across the Arab Middle East in 2010, has contributed to the downfall of several oppressive authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The ...